Khadja Nin
Khadja Nin (born June 27, 1959 in Burundi ) is a Belgian musician .
Life
Khadja Nin was born in Burundi as one of eight children . When she was sixteen she went to the neighboring country of Congo (then Zaïre ) to continue her education. There she met her husband, with whom she ran a guest house for tourists for several years. In 1980 the couple and their child left the region plagued by civil war and emigrated to Belgium . Her husband was murdered there. She went through a difficult time with her son. She kept her head above water with odd jobs.
In 1985 she met the music producer Nicolas Fiszman , who encouraged her to write songs. Nin accepted the advice and wrote songs in French, Swahili and Kirundi . Musically it was not set in any direction; she combined African elements with European pop and adopted elements of French Zouk and Latin American music . In 1991 the record company BMG became aware of her, with which she recorded her debut album Khadja Nin . In 1997 she sang Sailing in a duet with Montserrat Caballé on their album Friends For Life .
In 2018 she was appointed to the competition jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival .
Khadja Nin is the ex- Formula 1 - racing driver Jacky Ickx married. She lives alternately in Monaco and in Ohain near Waterloo south of Brussels and is an ambassador for UNICEF .
Awards
- 1997: Kora All African Music Awards in the category Most promising Female Artist of Africa
- 1999: Kora All African Music Awards in the Best Artist of East Africa category
Discography
- 1992: Khadja Nin
- 1994: Ya Pili ...
- 1996: Sambolera
- 1998: Ya ...
Web links
- Literature by and about Khadja Nin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Khadja Nin: biography on RFI Music
- Khadja Nin at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1997 Kora event winners ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 24, 2018
- ↑ 1999 Kora event winners , accessed April 24, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nin, Khadja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Burundian-Belgian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burundi |